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Male bird at Smithsonian's National Zoo has special reason to celebrate Father's Day

How will the only male rhea at the Smithsonian's National Zoo spend Father's Day? He will spend it much like he has spent the past eight weeks: as a proud papa nurturing and caring for his four chicks born ...

Biology /

created Jun 07, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Weight gain may be healthy when it comes to type 1 diabetes

Gaining body fat may be a good thing, at least for people with type 1 diabetes, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Their study, being presented at the 68th Scientific Sessions ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 07, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Higher co-payments reduce use of antidepressants

As they struggle to contain skyrocketing medication costs, health plans across the U.S. have responded by implementing multi-tiered formularies requiring higher copayments for 'non-preferred' medications. New research from ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cardiac devices and advanced heart failure: Are we selecting the wrong patients?

Patients with advanced heart failure may be receiving implantable cardiac devices that do not help them because they are too ill to benefit from the treatment, a Saint Louis University study found.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Serotonin may affect our sense of fairness, scientists report

The neurotransmitter serotonin, which acts as a chemical messenger between nerve cells, plays a critical role in regulating emotions such as aggression during social decision-making, new research by scientists at England's ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 07, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 2

Circadian math: 1 plus 1 doesn't always equal 2

Like a wristwatch that needs to be wound daily for accurate time-telling, the human circadian system — the biological cycles that repeat approximately every 24 hours — requires daily light exposure to the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 07, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 5

Mystery of infamous 'New England Dark Day' solved by 3 rings

At noon, it was black as night. It was May 19, 1780 and some people in New England thought judgment day was at hand. Accounts of that day, which became known as 'New England's Dark Day,' include mentions of midday meals by ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 07, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (48) | comments 5


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